This Little Asshole Keeps Getting Into A Bird Feeder, So We Need To Test How Small Is *too* Small

i think all quiet on the western front and the lord of the rings are in direct conversation with each other, as in theyre the retelling of the same war with one saying here’s what happened, we all died, and it did not matter at all and another going hush little boy, of course we won, of course your friends came back

paintin’

Tumblr shall never recover from this failure

You people disappoint me

Chinese hourglass spider - 里氏盤腹蛛 - Cyclocosmia ricketti

I forgot about this spider, but I LOVE it ! Its disc resembles an ancient coin or a seal. It has also been known to be confused with coins, but then appearing to be an arachnid.

@hispaatra, @zick-the-fairy you migth enjoy this one :D

I love this spider so much and it is a great inspiration for Dungeons and Dragons. Honestly, this spider is like it is from a fairy-tale or legend or something of the kind, it is magical (to me, at least) !

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https://za.pinterest.com/pin/604186106296940858/

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https://spidershoppe.com/products/cyclocosmia-ricketti-chinese-hourglass-trapdoor-sub-adults

Wasps so tiny you will question everything.

Imagine being so teeny tiny that you are an endoparasite on *leafhoppers* Leafhoppers are already in the "so small they go unnoticed" category, and you're just a little pest on a minuscule thing.

Of course the group that's most likely to choose this life? The wasps Wasps are some of the smallest insects. There are "fairy flies" that are parasites of the eggs of certain insects.

They are so small that air is "thick" to them and their wings have feathered edges are are oar shaped.

Some fairly flies are so tiny that their neurons are cells without nuclei. They got rid of them to save space. They can still think though... presumably the tiniest little thoughts.

Photo by Alexey Polilov, 2012

They lay their eggs inside of the eggs of 1-2mm long crop pests.

And... read the article to see what the males are like... they are even smaller somehow, but it's ... disturbing.

if u ever see me posting something cringe or embarrassing i didnt that was my evil twin my doppleganger

milf (myself i’d like to forgive) and dilf (despair i’d like to forget)